For the finest rooms, resort homes and RV park nearest Yosemite Valley, click on any of the four Yosemite Resorts properties in the left column. From luxury to economy, they're four great places to stay!

For the finest rooms, resort homes and RV park nearest Yosemite Valley, click on any of the four Yosemite Resorts properties in the left column. From luxury to economy, they're four great places to stay!

One Perfect Day: Yosemite’s Dorothy Lake (Contra Costa Times)
Grandkids take a family trek down the Pacific Crest Trail and vie for a prize in the Travel section’s “One Perfect Day” contest.

Climate change affects Sierra denizens (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — High above a silver-blue mountain lake, a gray-bearded man tromped up a rocky slope and peered at a small metal trap. It was empty.He kept moving, scrambling across huge granite boulders, and found another trap. This time, success: “We got something,” he said.

Around Town: Mayor’s barbecue (Merced Sun-Star)
DOS PALOS — Dos Palos Merchants/ Community Association will host the Mayor’s Barbecue — Flamin’ Burns from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Colony Park. Entry fee is $100 and categories are beef or pork ribs, chicken and ultimate alternative hamburger. Prizes are $500 for first, $250 for second and $1,000 for grand prize. Drinks, food and music will be available. For more information, call …

No joke, watch for falling oak trees in Yosemite, Mariposa County (Merced Sun-Star)
Tipsy drivers, jammed highways and smog aren’t the only health hazards families will face this weekend as they head out for Labor Day fun. Add killer oak trees to the list.

Near miss on Fresno runway probed (The Fresno Bee)
Federal officials launched an investigation into the near collision of two aircrafts that missed each other by just 15 feet at Fresno Yosemite International airport. Read comments

Meetings on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 (Merced Sun-Star)
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Alpine chipmunk, trees moving to higher altitudes as climate changes (The Oklahoman)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. High above a silver-blue mountain lake, a gray-bearded man tromped up a rocky slope and peered at a small metal trap. It was empty. He kept moving, scrambling across huge granite boulders and found another trap. This time, success: “We got something, he said. Jim Patton, a retired professor of zoology at the University of California-Berkeley, had his quarry: the …

Girls on Granite debuts at Yosemite (Madera Tribune)
YOSEMITE – It’s a girl thing. For the first time in the history of Yosemite Mountaineering School, a women’s-only rock climbing instruction class is being offered within the national park system.